Hooperman

Hooperman
Created by	Steven Bochco ; Terry Louise Fisher
Starring	John Ritter; Debrah Farentino; Barbara Bosson; Felton Perry; Clarence Felder; Sydney Walsh; Joseph Gian; Alix Elias; Paul Linke (1988–1989); Rod Gist (1988–1989)
Composer	Mike Post
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	42
Production
Executive producer	Robert M. Myman
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Adam Productions; 20th Century Fox Television
Distributor	20th Television
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 23, 1987 –; July 26, 1989

Hooperman is an American comedy-drama television series which aired on ABC from September 23, 1987, to July 26, 1989. The show centered on the professional and personal life of San Francisco police Inspector Harry Hooperman, played by John Ritter. The series was created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, who were the team responsible for creating L.A. Law. Though not the first comedy-drama (the long-running television series M*A*S*H could also be categorized as one), Hooperman was considered the vanguard of a new television genre when it premiered, and critics coined the term "dramedy" to describe it.[1][2][3]

Synopsis

Ritter plays San Francisco police Inspector Harry Hooperman. In the first episode, Hooperman inherits the rundown apartment building he lives in when his elderly landlady is killed in a robbery. He also inherits her temperamental pet Jack Russell terrier named Bijoux. Due to the demands of his job as a police officer, he hires Susan Smith (played by Debrah Farentino) to be the building manager, and the pair become romantically involved throughout the first season.

Also starring on the show was Alix Elias as the cheerful and bubbly police dispatcher, Betty Bushkin; Barbara Bosson was Hooperman's divorced superior, Capt. Celeste "C.Z." Stern; Felton Perry as Harry's partner, Inspector Clarence McNeil; Clarence Felder as redneck inspector Boris "Bobo" Pritzger; Joseph Gian as Rick Silardi, a gay cop, and Sydney Walsh as officer Maureen "Mo" DeMott, his patrol partner who was intent on "saving" him from being gay by making unwanted passes. Dan Lauria played Celeste's former husband, Lou Stern.

The theme music was composed by Mike Post.

Guest stars in the series' 42-episode run included: Don Cheadle, Kim Delaney, Dennis Dugan, Norman Fell (who worked with Ritter on The Stone Killer and Three's Company), Miguel Ferrer, Jack Gilford, Mark Hamill, Joanna Kerns, Richard Kind, Dan Lauria, Jane Leeves, Lorna Luft, David Paymer, Barbara Rush, and Shannon Tweed.

Except for a brief syndicated run on the FX Network in the mid 1990s, and the pilot rebroadcast on TV Land in 2003 following Ritter's death, the series has not aired since then.

Episodes

Season 1 (1987–88)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Hooperman"	Gregory Hoblit	Steven Bochco & Terry Louise Fisher	September 23, 1987 (1987-09-23)
2	2	"The Answer My Friend Is Passing in the Wind"	Gregory Hoblit	Steven Bochco & Terry Louise Fisher	September 30, 1987 (1987-09-30)
3	3	"Don We Now Our Gay Apparel"	Rick Wallace	Steven Bochco & Terry Louise Fisher	October 7, 1987 (1987-10-07)
4	4	"Aria da Capo"	John Patterson	Story by : Steven Bochco Teleplay by : Leon Tokatyan	October 14, 1987 (1987-10-14)
5	5	"John Doe, We Hardly Knew Ye"	John Patterson	Story by : Lydia Woodward Teleplay by : Rick Kellard	October 28, 1987 (1987-10-28)
6	6	"The Shooting"	Nick Havinga	Story by : Steven Bochco & Amy K. Milkovich & Ed Milkovich Teleplay by : Leon Tokatyan	November 4, 1987 (1987-11-04)
7	7	"Hot Wired"	Michael Zinberg	Story by : Steven Bochco & Rick Kellard Teleplay by : Rick Kellard	November 18, 1987 (1987-11-18)
8	8	"Baby Talk"	Anson Williams	Steven Hollander	November 25, 1987 (1987-11-25)
9	9	"Blues for Danny Welles"	Kim Friedman	Story by : Robert Rabinowitz & Steven Bochco & Rick Kellard Teleplay by : Rick Kellard	December 2, 1987 (1987-12-02)
10	10	"I, Witness"	Kim Friedman	Story by : Ross Hirshorn Teleplay by : Leon Tokatyan & Rick Kellard	December 9, 1987 (1987-12-09)
11	11	"Deck the Cell with Bars of Folly"	Peter Werner	Story by : Steven Bochco Teleplay by : Peter Nasco	December 23, 1987 (1987-12-23)
12	12	"The Naked and the Dead"	Paul Lynch	Story by : Steven Bochco & Gina Goldman Teleplay by : Gina Goldman	January 6, 1988 (1988-01-06)
13	13	"The Snitch"	Rick Wallace	Terry Hart	January 13, 1988 (1988-01-13)
14	14	"Chariots of Fire"	Michael Zinberg	James Kramer	January 20, 1988 (1988-01-20)
15	15	"High Noon"	Kim Friedman	Steven Hollander	February 3, 1988 (1988-02-03)
16	16	"Blaste from the Past"	Anson Williams	Phil Kellard & Tom Moore	February 10, 1988 (1988-02-10)
17	17	"Tomato Can"	John Patterson	John Schulian	March 9, 1988 (1988-03-09)
18	18	"Me and Mr. Magoo"	Carl Gottlieb	Rick Kellard	March 16, 1988 (1988-03-16)
19	19	"Baby on Board"	Bethany Rooney	Gina Wendkos	April 6, 1988 (1988-04-06)
20	20	"Trudy and Clyde"	Michael Zinberg	Story by : Rick Kellard & Steven Hollander Teleplay by : Phil Kellard & Tom Moore	April 13, 1988 (1988-04-13)
21	21	"Nick Derringer, P.I."	Michael Zinberg	Steven Bochco & Rick Kellard	May 4, 1988 (1988-05-04)
22	22	"Surprise Party"	John Patterson	Story by : Steven Bochco & Phil Kellard & Tom Moore Teleplay by : Gary Rosen	May 18, 1988 (1988-05-18)

Season 2 (1988–89)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
23	1	"Requiem for an S.O.B."	Win Phelps	Rick Kellard	November 30, 1988 (1988-11-30)
24	2	"We'll Always Have Paris"	Alan J. Levi	Story by : Rick Kellard & Michael Wagner Teleplay by : Phil Kellard & Tom Moore & Jill Gordon	December 7, 1988 (1988-12-07)
25	3	"Who Do You Truss?"	Alan J. Levi	Phil Kellard & Tom Moore	December 14, 1988 (1988-12-14)
26	4	"In Search of Bijoux"	Anson Williams	Jill Gordon	December 21, 1988 (1988-12-21)
27	5	"Look Homeward, Dirtbag"	Rob Cohen	Story by : Jill Gordon & Michael Wagner Teleplay by : Douglas Steinberg & Rick Kellard & Michael Wagner	January 11, 1989 (1989-01-11)
28	6	"Nightmare in Apartment One"	Jeff Melman	Phil Kellard & Tom Moore	January 18, 1989 (1989-01-18)
29	7	"Hooperman Goes to Hell in a Handcart"	Ron Lagomarsino	Michael Wagner	January 25, 1989 (1989-01-25)
30	8	"Rashomanny"	Ron Lagomarsino	R.W. Goodwin	February 1, 1989 (1989-02-01)
31	9	"In the Still of My Pants"	Betty Thomas	Jill Gordon	February 8, 1989 (1989-02-08)
32	10	"The Dating Game"	Neema Barnette	Sam Greenbaum	February 15, 1989 (1989-02-15)
33	11	"Intolerance"	Eric Laneuville	Michael Wagner	February 22, 1989 (1989-02-22)
34	12	"The Nun and I"	Roy Campanella II	Vic Rauseo & Linda Morris	March 1, 1989 (1989-03-01)
35	13	"The Sure Thing"	Bethany Rooney	Story by : Phil Kellard & Tom Moore & Rick Kellard Teleplay by : Jill Gordon	March 15, 1989 (1989-03-15)
36	14	"The Long So Long"	Jeffrey D. Brown	Bob Dolan Smith	March 22, 1989 (1989-03-22)
37	15	"Stakeout"	Max Tash	Jill Gordon	June 14, 1989 (1989-06-14)
38	16	"Dog Day Afternoon, Morning and Night"	Betty Thomas	Jill Gordon & Phil Kellard & Tom Moore & Michael Wagner	June 21, 1989 (1989-06-21)
39	17	"Love Bytes"	Arlene Sanford	Phil Kellard & Tom Moore	June 28, 1989 (1989-06-28)
40	18	"Take My Building, Please"	Roy Campanella II	Rick Kellard	July 5, 1989 (1989-07-05)
41	19	"Some of That Jazz"	Arlene Sanford	Glen Merzer	July 12, 1989 (1989-07-12)
42	20	"Goodnight, Sweet Hooperman"	Betty Thomas	Michael Wagner	July 26, 1989 (1989-07-26)

Home media

On January 24, 2017, Olive Films released both seasons on DVD in Region 1.[4][5]

Awards and nominations

The pilot episode won the 1988 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series.[6]

References

Lowry, Brian (21 September 2012). "Critic says 'MASH' top show of character". Variety. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
Hyatt, Wesley (2012). Television's Top 100. US: McFarland. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-7864-4891-3. Archived from the original on 2011-03-26.
Kelley, Bill (27 April 1988). "The Best And The Brightest Abc`s Hooperman -- The Hands-down Winner Of The Best New Show Of The Year -- Introduces A New Format, ``dramedy,`` While Slap Maxwell Reintroduces Dabney Coleman". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
Long-Awaited DVDs for the Steven Bochco Show Starring John Ritter! ***UPDATED!*** Archived 2016-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
Package Cover and Pricing Arrives for 'Season 1' and 'Season 2' Archived 2016-11-22 at the Wayback Machine
The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 1438. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.

External links

Hooperman at IMDb
Hooperman at TV.com

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[1] Lowry, Brian (21 September 2012). "Critic says 'MASH' top show of character". Variety. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[2] Hyatt, Wesley (2012). Television's Top 100. US: McFarland. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-7864-4891-3. Archived from the original on 2011-03-26.

[3] Kelley, Bill (27 April 1988). "The Best And The Brightest Abc`s Hooperman -- The Hands-down Winner Of The Best New Show Of The Year -- Introduces A New Format, ``dramedy,`` While Slap Maxwell Reintroduces Dabney Coleman". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

[4] Long-Awaited DVDs for the Steven Bochco Show Starring John Ritter! ***UPDATED!*** Archived 2016-11-17 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Package Cover and Pricing Arrives for 'Season 1' and 'Season 2' Archived 2016-11-22 at the Wayback Machine

[6] The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 1438. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.